Grace Bonney: Design*Sponge Founder and Family Therapist-To-Be

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2021

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Grace Bonney is a digital pioneer, a design expert, and the founder of Design*Sponge. She is also the author of best-selling books Design*Sponge at Home and In the Company of Women, the founder of Good Company magazine, and the host of the After the Jump podcast. Her latest book—Collective Wisdom: Lessons, Inspiration, and Advice from Women over 50, which will be released tomorrow, October 26—features unfiltered, eye-opening conversations with more than 100 diverse women. On this episode of Second Life, find out about the project that moved Bonney to make a major career pivot of her own as she sets out to become a marriage and family therapist.

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0:00.0	Hi, we're Carleen and Jill, host of Breaking Beauty Podcast.
0:03.5	The show all about the breakthrough people, products, and moments in beauty.
0:07.0	On our show, you're going to find hella inspiring guests, like Emily Weiss of Glossier and
0:11.0	you'll get beauty tips galore from the top pros in the industry, like Kim Kardashian's
0:15.2	makeup guru.
0:16.2	And you'll hear skin care secrets from the likes of Dr. Pimple Popper.
0:19.6	Plus, you'll get shopping help with our damn goods episodes where we review the latest
0:23.8	products hitting store shelves to let you know what's actually worth your money.
0:27.4	This is in every Wednesday to Breaking Beauty Podcast.
0:37.8	Hi everyone, I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Wear.
0:44.2	And this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers.
0:51.2	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:55.2	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
1:01.0	Today on the show, I am so excited to speak with the creative mastermind behind Design
1:06.3	Spongebob, Grace Bonnie.
1:09.3	Grace started Design Spongebob back in 2004 as a daily website that was dedicated to the
1:14.2	creative community that demystified the world of design and reframed it as accessible to
1:19.8	all.
1:21.0	And a site grew to reach 2 million people every day for 15 years and is now archived in
1:27.6	the Library of Congress.
1:29.6	The concept also became a best-selling book, Design Spongebob at home, and a fiercely dedicated
1:35.6	community around the world.
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